Remember the New York Times article correction about the mislabeling of Twilight as Fluttershy?
The writer of that article has posted a brief blurb on their personal blog to explain the error, and why he felt the need to correct it in the first place. It's an interesting read- and good to know that the Times' policy is to always correct mistakes, no matter how small or silly they may be.
You can check out the article here.
22 comments:
Well, you can trust the proffesionals for this stuff
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it was corrected. Well done on their part!
ReplyDeleteYou can trust them, doesn't mean you should.
ReplyDelete"music knows to pony fans as 'dubtrot'-or dubstep" I THOUGHT IT WAS WUBSTEP!!
ReplyDelete"And I think we have seen now that they are not an obsessive subculture to be taken lightly"
ReplyDeleteWise choice of words.
Horrible picture of fluttershy though, needs more of "DA MAGICS".
ReplyDeleteHeh... I think the whole thing is cute and kind of sweet. Good match for ponies. Well done to the Times and the author.
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ReplyDeleteWubstep is to odd and non-pony fans might not get the referance.
I rather like the correction. Any press on MLP FIM is good.
Well written article. Like it's already been said, it's great that they went above & beyond and corrected the article. It really goes to show the kind of work they strive for. And I agree with @Bombedrumbum on their choice of words towards our community. Very well phrased take on us.
ReplyDeleteOn an unrelated note, even though that's not what she looks like in the show, I love the image of Fluttershy that they used. They definitely ensured the cutest pony is at her cutest.
This article reminded me to go into the recycling bin and save those copies of the Times. Thankfully, the one with the error from the 26th and the one with the correction from the 30th are both still intact.
ReplyDeleteI feel like I have a piece of pony history in my hands.
Sweet!
i really do love the NY times
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ReplyDeleteI thought i was "Yay-core".
And so the New York Times teaches everypony a valuable lesson summed up by this quote from The Simpson's.
"If things don't go your way, just keep complaining until your dreams come true." -Bill Clinton
"It's an interesting read- and good to know that the Times' policy is to always correct mistakes, no matter how small or silly they may be."
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHA no. If that were true they would have stopped calling the Tea party Racists a looooong time ago. Nice joke tho Cereal.
"And I think we have seen now that they are not an obsessive subculture to be taken lightly."
ReplyDeleteHaha, he's right. =p
If there is a silver lining at all to this correction, is that it will encourage more people to check out the original article, which delves into issues people with Aspergers and Autism face, and it's a great read.
ReplyDeleteAm glad this show is actually able to directly help people improve their lives. Who knew that Twilight being a former bookish shut-in would now help out other?.
But a curious thing came up to me: this isn't the 1st time Aspergers' has been associated with MLP: FIM. There was a separate article awhile back that also had a person with Aspergers inteviewed in it.
To those that know the subject matter better than me: How does MLP: FIM help out people with Aspergers' or other conditions?
I have theories in that it's extra-expressive, didactic, and has identifiable characters, but is there more to it than that?
first four words
ReplyDelete"My little pony problem"
23% of us fell out of our chairs
It was nice of the author to write that, but words cannot express how hard it is for me to suppress my dislike for the Times. Politics... and ponies... just.. don't... mix. Aaarg, my brain!
ReplyDeleteThat was a very sweet article.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good policy they have, I wonder how many other newspaper companies it is that have that policy =/
ReplyDeleteThe author is a woman!
ReplyDeleteAnd I really do wonder what the percentage of autistics is within the brony community compared to the general average. Due to the whole obsessive interest thing, I'm willing to bet it's higher than normal.
All good. It's nice that people can admit their mistakes.
ReplyDeleteWinter Wrap Up as a metaphor for autism
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